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Fatty acid concentration, proximate composition, and mineral composition in fishbone flour of Nile Tilapia

Maria Eugênia Petenuci, Flávia Braidoti Stevanato, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer, Makoto Matsushita and 2 more

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición | May 5, 2026 | 31 citations

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Nile tilapia (Oreochormis niloticus) fishbone is a fish part with unknown composition. After elaboration of flour fishbone of tilapia it was analysede. The results in 100 g of flour were: moisture (14.2%), protein (40.8%), total lipids (25.3%), and ash (18.3%), and mineral (in 100 g) was 2715.9 mg (calcium), 1.3 mg (iron), and 1132.7 mg (phosphorus). A total of 22 fatty acids were detected in fishbone flour total lipids (TL), being the major ones in (g) of total lipids: 16:0 (208.5 mg); 18:1n-9 (344.3 mg); and 18:2n-6 (109.6 mg). The concentration of linolenic acid--LNA (18:3n-3); eicopentaenoic acid--EPA (20:5n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid--DHA (22:6n-3) were (29.9 mg), (3.3 mg), and (12.9 mg), respectively. The content to saturated (SFA) were (296.2 mg), monounsaturated (MUFA) 415.0 mg, and polyunsaturated (PUFA) 175.6 mg. The ratio PUFA:MUFA:SFA was 1:2.4:1.7, and the ratio omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids were 2.8. The last is within the recommended values. The results show low concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids in flour. The value caloric and calcium, iron, phosphorus, and protein content the fishbone flour of tilapia may results a valuable alternative food in the human diet.

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Maria Eugênia Petenuci

first | Universidade Estadual de Maringá | ORCID 0000-0002-0689-1014

Flávia Braidoti Stevanato

middle | Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer

middle | Universidade Estadual de Maringá | ORCID 0000-0002-5815-7903

Makoto Matsushita

middle | Universidade Estadual de Maringá | ORCID 0000-0001-7813-0399

Edivaldo E. Garcia

middle | Universidade Estadual de Maringá | ORCID 0000-0003-2638-8253

Nilson Evelázio de Souza

middle | Universidade Estadual de Maringá | ORCID 0000-0002-2813-3513

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@article{Petenuci2026Fatty,
  title = {Fatty acid concentration, proximate composition, and mineral composition in fishbone flour of Nile Tilapia},
  author = {Maria Eugênia Petenuci and Flávia Braidoti Stevanato and Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer and Makoto Matsushita and Edivaldo E. Garcia and Nilson Evelázio de Souza},
  journal = {Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.37527/2008.58.1.012},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.37527/2008.58.1.012}
}

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